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China’s institutional infrastructure is weaker than it might appear at first glance.
By James A. Dorn for The Diplomat
August 14, 2018
This year marks the 40th anniversary of China’s opening to the outside world in 1978. Following the disastrous Cultural …

China's Communist Party doesn't like difference. So it has set about eradicating any trace of it among its 1.38 billion population. First they moved on Tibet. Its ancient spirituality and unique identity has been suppressed for decades. Its …

China's Communist Party doesn't like difference. So it has set about eradicating any trace of it among its 1.38 billion population. First they moved on Tibet. Its ancient spirituality and unique identity has been suppressed for decades. Its …

CHINA’s Communist Party doesn’t like difference. So it has set about eradicating any trace of it among its 1.38 billion population.
First they moved on Tibet. Its ancient spirituality and unique identity has been suppressed for decades. Its remaining …

Zimbabwe's President Mugabe and his Chinese counterpart Xi attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in BeijingDiego Azubel/Reuters
Editors Note: This article was written before the Zimbabwean election. As of this posting, we have …

German journalism student David Missal has been denied a new Chinese visa to complete his studies at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University after he made a film about the country's persecution of human rights lawyers. Missal told the German …

Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong have released an outspoken democracy activist and retired university lecturer and his wife, after holding them under surveillance at a hill resort outside the provincial capital, Jinan.
Sun Wenguang, …

HONG KONG — The head of a political party calling for Hong Kong’s independence from China said Tuesday that government efforts to ban his group were a sign of eroding freedoms in the city.
Andy Chan, the founder of the Hong Kong National Party, spoke at …

by Frida Ghitis August 9 at 2:39 PM “Human rights” is a phrase we don’t hear much from President Trump, and it’s not hard to figure out why. His admiration for autocrats is by now well established. He praises Egypt’s Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, China’s Xi …

China's Communist Party doesn't like difference. So it has set about eradicating any trace of it among its 1.38 billion population. First they moved on Tibet. Its ancient spirituality and unique identity has been suppressed for decades. Its …

CHINA’s Communist Party doesn’t like difference. So it has set about eradicating any trace of it among its 1.38 billion population.
First they moved on Tibet. Its ancient spirituality and unique identity has been suppressed for decades. Its remaining …

CNN reported Monday on the allegations made to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination by a Uighur group based in Germany, and the response from the Chinese government:
In their submission to the committee, the …

Voice of America's Mandarin Service correspondent and a multimedia journalist working for VOA were detained for at least six hours Monday evening by Chinese authorities while interviewing a retired Chinese professor who was taken away by police during …

Hu Lianhe, a spokesman for China's United Front Work Department, told the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Monday that authorities in the far western Xinjiang region respected freedom of religion and protected the full …

Malaysia's prime minister said Monday he will seek to cancel multibillion-dollar Chinese-backed infrastructure projects that were signed by his predecessor as his government works to dig itself out of debt, and he blasted Myanmar's treatment of …

China has strongly defended its human rights record at the United Nations, rejecting as “completely untrue” claims that more than one million Uighur Muslims may be held in internment camps in the country’s volatile west.
Hu Lianhe, a spokesman for China…

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China says it is fighting separatism and Islamist militants in Xinjiang
China has said reports it is holding a million Muslim Uighurs in detention in Xinjiang are "completely untrue".
Uighurs enjoyed full rights but "those …

Central Asian countries are betting on the BRI for long-term benefits, despite the apparent risks.
The transfer of Hambantota deep-water port in Sri Lanka to China through 2116 set off alarm bells across Asia. Those already warning that China’s ambitious …

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Look out Donald Trump, while you're not watching, China is quietly stealing a continent from you. And India may not be far behind.
Currently, the battle for supremacy on the African continent is being fought out between the leaders of …

Luanda, ANGOLA, August 12 - Angolan head of State João Lourenço is due to attend the SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government in Windhoek, Namibia, this month (August).
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His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa will tomorrow, 24 July 2018, host the President of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Mr Xi Jinping, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The State Visit takes place within the context of strengthening …

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I would like to recognise specifically our Acting Director-General, Amb Nkosi, my advisors present here today and all DIRCO senior managers.
The last time we met in this setting, …

Djibouti lies more than 2,500 miles from Sri Lanka but the East African country faces a predicament similar to what its peer across the sea confronted last year: It has borrowed more money from China than it can pay back.
In both countries, the money went …

President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on July 29 after state visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Senegal, Rwanda and South Africa.
During his stay in South Africa, Xi attended the 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg. He also paid a friendly visit …

ANGOLA, July 29 - Upon arrival in the country, the Head of State received warm greetings from the Vice-President of the Republic, Bornito de Sousa, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, the governor of Luanda, Adriano …

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Wildfires are a national tragedy that can’t leave anyone indifferent
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The most dynamic feature of this resolution is that it will fund the veterans’ programs and services in perpetuity AT NO COST TO MICHIGAN TAXPAYERS.
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32,763 involuntary examinations were initiated on children during 2016-2017 according to a report recently released by the Baker Act Reporting Center.
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On 30 July 2018, UK Visas and Immigration’s Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Freetown moved to a new premises. Customers making a new application should attend their appointment at the new VAC. Customers who have still to collect their …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia , Aug. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks a media monitoring company. The purpose of this solicitation is to find a company to effectively monitor the full range of media in …

LATHAM, N.Y., Aug. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a leader in providing energy solutions that change the way the world moves, announced that its CEO, Andy Marsh, has been named to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen …

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The National Assembly is returning from its constituency programme on 14 August, with a number of committees scheduled to meet on a wide range of business. The National Council of Provinces, which returned from constituency work at the end …

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Joint Communique on The Occasion of the Working Visit of The South African President to The Democratic Republic of Congo:
1. His Excellency Joseph KABILA KABANGE, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, received His Excellency Cyril …

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As part of Canada’s commitment to strengthen ties with Africa and to work with the continent to help address the challenges it faces, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development, will travel to Sierra Leone and …

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EXX Africa (www.EXXAfrica.com) published a special report on the arms trade in the Horn of Africa. The trade of illegal weapons in the Horn of Africa remains highly lucrative and is comprehensively entwined with transnational terrorist …

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The Council has transposed UN Security Council resolution 2428 (2018) which notably imposes an arms embargo and adds two persons to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.
The EU already had an arms embargo in place …

An Australian startup has produced an App that can help Cities send citizens relevant alerts
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Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Past performance is crucial towards winning federal contracts and you can only obtain it through working with the government. However, many newcomers to the federal marketplace have been faced with this …

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Peace Corps Swearing-In Ceremony:
It is my pleasure to welcome you all here today for the official swearing-in ceremony of 61 Americans as Peace Corps Volunteers. Tomorrow they formally begin their Peace Corps service with the Ministry of …

DC had over 300 overdose ambulance calls over a 10 day period recently from Synthetic drugs. Drug Free World synthetic booklets help police and youth.
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The European Union Delegation, the Heads of Mission of EU Member States present in Harare* and the Heads of Mission of Australia, Canada, and the United States of America issue the following statement in Zimbabwe:
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New book says the US is losing military supremacy
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